Live Auction 5311Old Master & British Pictures & Old Master Drawings
Follower of Antonio Allegri, il Correggio
Lot 308PROPERTY FROM THE LOYD COLLECTION (LOTS 308, 313, 315, 317, 339, 361, 363 and 393)

Follower of Antonio Allegri, il Correggio

The Assumption of the Virgin

Closed5 December 2007

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GBP 2,500

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Follower of Antonio Allegri, il Correggio
The Assumption of the Virgin
red chalk
4 1/8 x 4 1/8 in. (124 x 105 mm.)

Sir Joshua Reynolds (L. 2364).
T. Blayds (L. 416a), on associated mount with attribution 'Corregio' and shelfmark 'J.32.' (verso); probably Christie's, London, 29 March 1849, part of lot 36 (A Collection of Drawings by Old Masters..., 36 guineas to Thatcher).
Lord Overstone, and by descent.

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Derived from the fresco in the cupola of Parma Cathedral (circa 1526-30). Another copy is at Chatsworth (A.E. Popham, Correggio's Drawings, London, 1957, p. 175, no. A13).